Supplemental waistband for pants.



Paiehted Ian. M. I902.

No. 69l,006.

S. SCHEL|NSKY. SUPPLEMENTAL WAISTBAND FUR PANTS.

(Application filed Aug. 17, 1901.)

2 Sheats-8heet I.

(No Model.)

No. 69l,006. Patent ed Ian. l4, I902.

s. SCHELINSKY. SUPPLEMENTAL WAISTBAND FUR PANTS.

(Application filed Aug. 17, 1901.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON SOHELINSKY, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,006, dated January Application filed August 17, 1901. Serial No. 72,323. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that- I, SOLOMON SCHELINSKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supplemen tal Waistbands for Pants, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to supplemental and yielding waistbands which are employed in connection with childrens pants for the purpose of permitting the latter to be buttoned to the usual shirt-waist worn by children for the ultimate purpose of avoiding the necessity of using suspenders or the like, the utility of the article being well understood by those skilled in the art.

Prior to my invention it has been customary to build up these supplemental waistbands of strips of fabric secured together with strips of elastic interposed in the direction of their length and so secured to the separate strips of the band that when one to which buttonholes are applied is pulled the elastic will be stretched, the outer strip being secured to the permanent waistband of the pants so as to support them, and by a further arrangement of folded or slack inelastic fabric formed in or by one of the strips or a supplemental piece of fabric the stretch of the elastic is limitedthat is to say, after a certain degree of separation of parts the inflexible fabric takes the strain and limits the stretch of the elastic, limiting its extension and relieving it of further strain.

My present invention has mainly to do with what is known as the back-band, which is secured directly to the permanent band of the pants, as distinguished from that part of the supplemental band which is provided with buttonholes for securing it directly to the shirt-waist.

By a very simple construction I provide a very suitable back-band with elastic strips and the limiting or restraining fabric in an expeditious and economical manner.

My invention therefore resides in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described,and further-pointed out in the claim.

I have illustrated my invention in connection with a complete supplementary band, the

larly pointed out hereinafter.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the back band embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, enlarged, on the line on m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a like view showing the operation of the band in use. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a portion of the buttonh0le band of the usual. or desired construction. Fig. 5 la a sectional elevation on the line 3 3 Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a portion of a complete supplementary waistband embodying my improvements, and Fig. 'Zis an enlarged sectional elevation on the line .212, Fig. 0.

Similar reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

I shall first describe the construction of the back-band.

I take two strips of fabric, such as muslin or the like, of any desired length or width, as A and B, the upper edge of the upper strip being preferably turned over, as at a. The upper edge b of the lower strip B is sewed to the face of the upper strip A, preferably midway between the latters width, as by the line of stitching c, leaving the lower overlapping portion 61 of the upper strip A free to form pockets for receiving the elastic and restraining tongue, as hereinafter described. The .lower edge e of the lower strip Bis turned up, as at 6. At 0 are the elastic strips consisting of strips of elastic webbing or the like, disposed transversely of the band and inserted between the depending overlapping tongue at of the upper strip A and the inturned end 6 of the lower strip B, a line of stitching, as atf, securing the elastic strips at their upper edge firmly to the overlapping tongue (1 (only) of the upper strip A. There may be any number of these elastic strips, and in the manufacture of the back-band as a separate and distinct article from the supplementary Waistband I prefer not to stitch orsecure the lower ends on this strip to the fabric or the band. The elastic strips are stretched by the application of a pull to the tongue d of the upper strip A.

means for relieving the strain on the elastic strips and limits their yielding movement.

In Fig. 2 I have diagrammatically illusparts embodying my invention being particu- The tongue also provides Tout the entire length of the overlapping trated at g the point of pull on the tongue 01 of the upper strip A, the dotted lines 71 representing the subsequently-attached buttonhole-band, and at Fig. 3 Ihave illustrated diagrammatically the action of the overlapping tongue when power is applied to it through the buttonhole-band, stretching the elastic strips, the uplifting of the tongue limiting such stretching and relieving it of strain.

Any form of buttonhole-band or like device may be used for connecting the back-band with the buttons on the shirt-waist, the only exception to this beingv that whatever means are employed it should be secured to the overlapping tongue.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have illustrated a suitable form of button-band D, which consists, preferably, of a single strip of material 2', bent over upon itself at the top j and bottom It and the top edge again bent over, as at Z,

to form a heading or edge for strengthening purposes and reducingv wear, the upper double-layer portion of the band being provided with buttonholes m, worked in any suitable manner, preferably immediately below the beaded upper edge, so that the latter can take the strain off the button.

In Figs. 6 and 7 is illustrated the preferred method of connecting the buttonhole-band and the back-band and the latters connection with the permanent waistband of the pants. The buttonhole-band D is preferably narrower than the back-band, so as to leave the edges aand e of the latter projecting above and below the former to enable the latter to be stitched at the projecting edges to the permanent waistband B of the pants,

which is conventionally indicated by dotted lines. As illustrated in Fig. 6, a line of stitching n secures the bu ttonhole-band E throughtongue 01 of the back-band, and this line of stitching is supplemental to and independent of the stitching c for securing the upper and lower strips A and B of the back-band together. This firmly secures the buttonholeband to the overlapping tongue of the backband. It is desirable also to secure the buttonhole-band to the back-band below the over lapping tongue of the back-band. This is done by the line of stitching 0; but instead of stitching the lower edge of the button-band to the lower edge e of the back-band at the place where the elastic strips are located I divert the stitching over from the buttonhole-band and onto the back-band, as illustrated at p in Fig. 6, thereby not only securing in this one operation the overlapping edge of the lower strip B of the back-band and the ends of the elastic strips together, but leave the lower edge k of the buttonhole-band perfectly free,so as not to interfere with the separation of the buttonhole-band at this point and to allow the elastic strips to expand,which at this time are connected at their upper ends to the button-band and at their lower ends to the lower edge of the 10 werstrip B of the backband. The back-band is secured to the pantsband E preferably at the lower edge at q, Fig. 7, and at r also, if desired.

By the foregoing construction I dispense with structures which entail unnecessary stitching and waste of time and labor and produce an efficient article.

Having described my invention, I claim- A waistband for pants, comprising a backband composed of the two strips A and B secured together to provide an overlapping tongue d, and elastric strips secured to the lower edge of the strip B, and to the lower edge of the overlapping tongue and below the point of attachment of the strip A to the strip B, and a buttonhole -band attached to the lower edge of the overlapping tongue, the lower edge of the buttonhole-band being secured to the lower edge of the back-band, the stitching beingintermitted between the place on the back-band where the elastric strips are located, so as to leave the lower edge of the buttonhole-band at this point free of the backband, as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at the city, county, and State of New York this 15th day of August, 1901.

SOLOMON SOHELINSKY. 

